Method for calculating pixel voltage for liquid crystal on silicon display device

ABSTRACT

A liquid crystal on silicon display device is provided. Multiple grey levels of a pixel are transformed into multiple color values. The grey levels respectively correspond to multiple first sub-pixels. For each of the first sub-pixels, at least one parameter of a reflectance fitting function is obtained according to the color values, a gamma correction is performed according to the corresponding grey level to obtain a reflectance, and a pixel voltage is calculated according to the at least one parameter and the reflectance. The pixel voltage is applied to a pixel electrode of the corresponding first sub-pixel.

BACKGROUND Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a method for calculating a pixelvoltage of a liquid crystal on silicon display device.

Description of Related Art

Nowadays, various kinds of projective display devices, such as liquidcrystal display (LCD) display devices, digital light processing (DLP)display devices and liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display devices,are commercially available. Among these display devices, the LCD displaydevices operate in a transmissive way, while the DLP display devices andthe LCOS display devices operate in a reflective way. LCD displaydevices are the oldest and the most popular, and have advantages such ashigh color accuracy and low manufacture cost. However, LCD displaydevices have disadvantages of dead pixels and screen door effect, whichdegrades display performance. DLP display devices have advantages suchas high contrast ratio and immune to color decay. However, DLP displaydevices are relatively expensive. LCOS display devices involvestechniques of the typical LCD panel and complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor (CMOS) processes. LCOS display devices can achieve highresolution, high color saturation and accuracy and can be manufacturedby semiconductor processes. With such advantages, LCOS display devicesare applied in electronic devices such as micro-projectors, monitors orhead mounted displays. However, sub-pixels in the LCOS display deviceare close to each other, and thus a fringing field effect may begenerated. It is an issue to those skilled in the art about hot toaddress the fringing field effect.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the invention provide a liquid crystal on silicon displaydevice including a silicon substrate, a color filter layer, and acomputation circuit. Multiple sub-pixels are formed on the siliconsubstrate, and each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode and acommon electrode. The color filter layer is disposed above the siliconsubstrate and includes multiple color filter units. Each of the colorfilter units corresponds one of the sub-pixels and is formed between thepixel electrode and the common electrode of the corresponding sub-pixel.The computation circuit obtains multiple grey levels of a pixel, andtransforms the grey levels into multiple color values. The grey levelsrespectively correspond to multiple first sub-pixels of the sub-pixels,and the first sub-pixels constitute the pixel. For each of the firstsub-pixels, the computation circuit obtains at least one parameter of areflectance fitting function according to the color values, performs agamma correction according to the corresponding grey level to obtain areflectance, and calculates a pixel voltage according to the at leastone parameter and the reflectance. The pixel voltage is applied to thepixel electrode of the corresponding first sub-pixel.

In some embodiments, the grey levels include a red value, a green value,and a blue value. The first sub-pixels include a red sub-pixel, a greensub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. The color values are in a CIE-1931color space.

In some embodiments, the reflectance fitting function is written as thefollowing equation (1).

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = {{A\; 2} + \frac{{A1} - {A2}}{1 + e^{{({v_{c} - v_{0,c}})}/{dv}_{c}}}}} & (1)\end{matrix}$

c denotes the green sub-pixel, the red sub-pixel, and the bluesub-pixel. Refl_(c) denotes the reflectance of the corresponding firstsub-pixel. v_(c) denotes the pixel voltage of the corresponding firstsub-pixel. A1 and A2 are constants, and the at least one parameterincludes v_(0,c) and dv_(c).

In some embodiments, the gamma correction is written as the followingequation (2).

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

γ denotes a real number. grey_(c) denotes the corresponding grey level.C_(MAX) denotes a maximum grey level.

In some embodiments, the computation circuit inputs the color valuesinto multiple lookup tables to obtain the parameters v_(0,c) and dv_(c),and calculates the pixel voltage v_(c) according to the followingequation (3).

$\begin{matrix}{v_{c} = {{{dv}_{c} \times {\ln\left( {\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma} - {A2}} - 1} \right)}} + v_{0,c}}} & (3)\end{matrix}$

In some embodiments, the reflectance fitting function is written as thefollowing equation (4).Refl_(c) =f( p _(c) ,v _(c))  (4)

p_(c) denotes the at least one parameter with respect to thecorresponding grey level.

In some embodiments, the gamma correction is written as an equation (5).

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c}}{C_{MAX}} \right)^{\gamma}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

In some embodiments, the computation circuit inputs the color valuesinto at least one lookup table to obtain the at least one parameter p,and calculates the pixel voltage v_(c) according to the followingequation (6) where f⁻¹( ) is an inverse function of the reflectancefitting function.v _(c) =f ⁻¹( p _(c) ,Refl_(c))  (6)

From another aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method forcalculating a pixel voltage for a liquid crystal on silicon displaydevice. The liquid crystal on silicon display device includes a siliconsubstrate and a color filter layer. Multiple sub-pixels are formed onthe silicon substrate, and each of the sub-pixels includes a pixelelectrode and a common electrode. The color filter layer includesmultiple color filter units, and each of the color filter unitscorresponds to one of the sub-pixels and is formed between the pixelelectrode and the common electrode of the corresponding sub-pixel. Themethod includes: obtaining multiple grey levels of a pixel, andtransforming the grey levels into multiple color values, in which thegrey levels respectively corresponds to multiple first sub-pixels of thesub-pixel, and the first sub-pixels constitute the pixel; for each ofthe first sub-pixels, obtaining at least one parameter of a reflectancefitting function according to the color values, performing a gammacorrection according to the corresponding grey level to obtain areflectance, and calculating a pixel voltage according to the at leastone parameter and the reflectance, in which the pixel voltage is appliedto the pixel electrode of the corresponding first sub-pixel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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FIG. 1A is a local cross-sectional view of a LCOS display device 100 inaccordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 1B is a local top view of the LCOS display device in accordancewith an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a curve diagram between reflectance and pixel voltage inaccordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 3 illustrates diagrams for the relationship between the x, y colorvalues and the parameters.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of calculating the pixel voltage inaccordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for calculating the pixel voltage inaccordance with an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Specific embodiments of the present invention are further described indetail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, theembodiments described are not intended to limit the present inventionand it is not intended for the description of operation to limit theorder of implementation. Moreover, any device with equivalent functionsthat is produced from a structure formed by a recombination of elementsshall fall within the scope of the present invention. Additionally, thedrawings are only illustrative and are not drawn to actual size.

The using of “first”, “second”, “third”, etc. in the specificationshould be understood for identifying units or data described by the sameterminology, but are not referred to particular order or sequence.

FIG. 1A is a local cross-sectional view of a LCOS display device 100 inaccordance with an embodiment. The LCOS display device 100 includes asilicon substrate 102, a reflective layer 104, a dielectric layer 106,pixel electrodes 108A, 108B, a color filter layer 110, a first alignmentlayer 112, a second alignment layer 114, a liquid crystal layer 116, acommon electrode layer 118, a transparent substrate 120, and acomputation circuit 130.

The silicon substrate 102 is a CMOS silicon wafer including activecomponents such at transistors and circuits silicon substrate 102.Multiple sub-pixels are arranged on the silicon substrate 102, and thesesub-pixels include red sub-pixels, blue sub-pixels and green sub-pixels.In some embodiments, every three sub-pixels (i.e. one red sub-pixel, onegreen sub-pixel and one blue sub-pixel) constitute one pixel. Forexample, FIG. 1B is a local top view of the LCOS display device inaccordance with an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1B, a pixel 140includes sub-pixels 141-143 which correspond to red, green, and bluerespectively; and a pixel 150 includes sub-pixels 151-153 whichcorrespond to red, green and blue respectively. Note that only twosub-pixels P1 and P2 (e.g. the sub-pixels 141 and 142 of FIG. 1B) areillustrated in FIG. 1A for simplification, but the invention is notlimited thereto. In addition, the red, green and blue sub-pixels may bearranged in another shape in other embodiments. In some embodiments,each pixel may further include a white pixel. The invention is notlimited to the embodiment of FIG. 1B.

Referring to FIG. 1A, the reflective layer 104 is disposed on thesilicon substrate 102. The reflective layer 104 reflects light incidentinto the LCOS display device 100. In some embodiments, the reflectivelayer 104 includes a metal material such as copper, aluminum, titanium,tantalum, nickel, gold, zinc, or a metal alloy containing the abovemetals, or a metal compound such as aluminum oxide, titanium oxide,titanium nitride, zinc oxide, or other suitable material. In someembodiments, the reflective layer 104 is a reflective film or areflective coating formed on the silicon substrate 102.

The dielectric layer 106 is disposed on the reflective layer 104, andthe pixel electrodes 108A, 108B are formed on the dielectric layer 106.The dielectric layer 106 is used for insulating the pixel electrodes108A, 108B from the reflective layer 104 and the silicon substrate 102,penetrating a portion of incident light and penetrating reflected lightfrom the reflective layer 104. The dielectric layer 106 includes adielectric material, such as silicon oxide, silicon nitride, siliconoxynitride, combinations thereof, or other suitable material.

The pixel electrodes 108A, 108B are used for providing pixel voltagessuch that the pixels P1, P2 render respective gray levels. The pixelelectrodes 108A, 108B may be reflective or transparent. In someembodiments, the pixel electrodes 108A, 108B are reflective electrodesincluding a material such as aluminum, titanium, copper, gold, or thelike. In some embodiments, the pixel electrodes 108A, 108B aretransparent electrodes including a material such as indium tin oxide(ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), or other suitable conductive material.

The color filter layer 110 is disposed on the pixel electrodes 108A,1086. The color filter layer 110 has multiple color filter units 110Aand 1106 that respectively correspond to the sub-pixels for passinglight with a particular color. For example, the color filter unit 110Acorresponds to the sub-pixel P1 for passing red light; and the colorfilter unit 1106 corresponds to the sub-pixel P2 for passing greenlight. In some embodiments, the color filter layer 110 includes a dyedor pigmented material such as polymer, or other suitable material.

The first alignment layer 112 is disposed on the color filter layer 110,and the second alignment layer 114 is disposed opposite to the firstalignment layer 112, and the liquid crystal layer 116 is disposedbetween the first alignment layer 112 and the second alignment layer114. The liquid crystal layer 116 has liquid crystal molecules alignedby the first alignment layer 112 and the second alignment layer 114 andtwisted in response to an electric field generated between the pixelelectrodes 108A, 108B and the common electrode layer 118. The firstalignment layer 112 and the second alignment layer 114 may be formed tohave respective rubbing directions. The liquid crystal molecules of theliquid crystal layer 116 may be configured for a vertical alignment (VA)display or a twisted nematic (TN) display, which is not limited in theinvention.

The common electrode layer 118 includes a transparent and conductivematerial such as ITO, IZO, or other suitable material. In theembodiment, the common electrode layer 118 includes a common electrode118A belonging to the sub-pixel P1 and a common electrode 1186 belongingto the sub-pixel P2.

The transparent substrate 120 is disposed on the common electrode layer118 for receiving incident light and protecting the internal componentsof the LCOS display device 100. In some embodiments, the transparentsubstrate 120 includes a transparent material such as glass, silicondioxide, or the like.

The computation circuit 130 calculates the pixel voltages for the pixelelectrodes 108A, 1086. In general, a gamma correction is performed tocalculate the pixel voltages. However, the electric field between thepixel electrode 108A and the common electrode 118A affects the sub-pixelP2, and the electric field between the pixel electrode 108B and thecommon electrode 118B also affects the sub-pixel P1. The electric fieldin each sub-pixel varies with respect to the color of the pixel to berendered. In addition, the extent that the sub-pixels are affected alsovaries with respect to the material of the color filter units 110A and1106. For example, the sub-pixel P1 may be affected by electric fieldsof the sub-pixel P2 with different magnitudes when different grey levelsare to be rendered in the sub-pixel P2, and thus the sub-pixel P1 mayhave different reflectance even the same pixel voltage is applied to thesub-pixel P1. Referring to FIG. 2 which is a curve diagram betweenreflectance and pixel voltage in accordance with an embodiment in whichthe horizontal axis represents the pixel voltage and the vertical axisrepresents the reflectance. It is shown in FIG. 2 that curves of red,green, blue, and white sub-pixels (labeled as R, G, B, and Whiterespectively) are not consistent for a particular color (the symbols for“R” curve overlaps with the Fit curve, and therefore may be seen in thefigure). Accordingly, the pixel voltages of the sub-pixels cannot becalculated by the same gamma curve (e.g. the “Fit” curve). In addition,the curves of FIG. 2 may vary when different colors are rendered. Intheory, every color and every sub-pixel needs a particular gamma curveto calculate the respective pixel voltage, but it is not practical dueto a total of 16.7 million colors for a pixel of 24 bits. A method isprovided herein to calculate the pixel voltages effectively.

First, a color is represented in the CIE-1931 color space in theembodiments, and thus three grey levels of red, green and blue aretransformed into x and y stimulus. This step may be performed through atransformation matrix as written in the following equation (1).CIExy=tf×inputRGB  (1)

inputRGB denotes a vector consisting of red, green and blue grey levels.CIExy denotes the x and y stimulus in the CIE-1931 color space. tfdenotes the transformation matrix which is written as tf=[0.5767 0.18560.1882; 0.2974 0.6274 0.0753; 0.027 0.0707 0.9911] in some embodiments.However, other color spaces such as Munsell Color System and so on maybe adopted to represent one color in other embodiments, and thetherefore the transformed values are called color values for applying toa variety of color spaces. The values of the transformation matrix arenot limited in the invention.

Next, the reflectance of a sub-pixel is measured for a set of x, y colorvalues, and the applied pixel voltages are recorded. The reflectance isrepresented as Refl_(c), where c=R, G or B. In other words, c denotesone of the red, green and blue sub-pixels. For example, Refl_(R) is thereflectance of the red sub-pixel 141 of FIG. 1B; Refl_(G) is thereflectance of the green sub-pixel 142; and Refl_(B) is the reflectanceof the blue sub-pixel 143. The relationship between the reflectance andthe pixel voltage is approximated by a reflectance fitting functionwritten in the following equation (2). In other words, the reflectancefitting function is used to approximate the curve shown in FIG. 2.

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = {{A\; 2} + \frac{{A1} - {A2}}{1 + e^{{({v_{c} - v_{0,c}})}/{dv}_{c}}}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

v_(c) denotes the pixel voltage of the corresponding sub-pixel. Forexample, v_(R) is the pixel voltage for the red sub-pixel 141, v_(G) isthe pixel voltage for the green sub-pixel 142, and v_(B) is the pixelvoltage for the blue sub-pixel 143. A1 and A2 are constant. v_(0,c) anddv_(c) are parameters. Note that different sets of x, y color valuescorrespond to different parameters v_(0,c) dv_(c). There are infinitesets of x, y color values because the x, y color values are continuous.In the embodiment, the x, y color values are sampled as 16 sets, but notlimited to, when measuring the reflectance Refl_(c). Appropriatesparameters v_(0,c), dv_(c) can be calculated for each set of x, y colorvalues such that the reflectance Refl_(c) calculated in the equation (2)approximates to the measured reflectance. Next, multiple lookup tablesare created for mapping the x, y color values to the parameters v_(0,c),dv_(c). Referring to FIG. 3, a diagram 301 illustrates the relationshipbetween the x, y color values and the parameter v_(0,B); a diagram 302illustrates the relationship between the x, y color values and theparameter v_(0,G); a diagram 303 illustrates the relationship betweenthe x, y color values and the parameter v_(0,R); a diagram 304illustrates the relationship between the x, y color values and theparameter dv_(B); a diagram 305 illustrates the relationship between thex, y color values and the parameter dv_(G); a diagram 306 illustratesthe relationship between the x, y color values and the parameter dv_(R).The diagrams 301-306 are implemented as lookup tables and recorded in adatabase which will be described below.

Furthermore, the reflectance that each sub-pixel should have iscalculated according to the gamma correction written as the followingequation (3).

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma}} & (3)\end{matrix}$

γ denotes a real number which is determined based on the product orcustomer requirement. grey_(c) denotes the corresponding grey level in arange of 0-255. For example, grey_(R) is the red grey level whencalculating the reflectance Refl_(R) and so on. C_(MAX) is a maximumgrey level such as 255. Note that the equation (3) recites “grey_(c)+1”instead of “grey_(c)” to avoid dividing the grey level by zero. However,the following equation (4) may be adopted in other embodiments, which isnot limited in the invention. In other embodiments, each grey level mayhave more bits than 8, and the range of each grey level and the maximumgrey level are not limited in the invention.

$\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c}}{C_{MAX}} \right)^{\gamma}} & (4)\end{matrix}$

Next, the equation (3) is substituted into the equation (2) to obtainthe relationship between the pixel voltage v_(c) and the reflectanceRefl_(c) as written in the following equation (5).

$\begin{matrix}{v_{c} = {{{dv}_{c} \times {\ln\left( {\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma} - {A2}} - 1} \right)}} + v_{0,c}}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

Note that the following equation (6) is obtained if the equation (3) isreplaced with the equation (4).

$\begin{matrix}{v_{c} = {{{dv}_{c} \times {\ln\left( {\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c}}{C_{MAX}} \right)^{Y} - {A2}} - 1} \right)}} + v_{0,c}}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of calculating the pixel voltage inaccordance with an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, grey levels of apixel are obtained that are represented as R, G, and B. In step 401, thegrey levels are transformed into x, y color values in the CIE-1931 colorspace. Next, the x, y color values are inputted into lookup tables of adatabase 410 to obtain parameters v_(0,c), dv_(c) of a reflectancefitting function. The lookup tables were created based on the diagramsof FIG. 3. Since each lookup table only records finite sets of x, ycolor values, the parameters v_(0,c), dv_(c) may be calculated throughinterpolation. Take the diagram 301 of FIG. 3 as an example, all theparameters to be calculated are represented as a three-dimensionalsurface, and the sample points 311 on the surface are the parametersthat are calculated according to the measured reflectance. The surfaceis divided into multiple triangles while the sample points 311 serve asthe vertices of the triangles. When a set of x, y color values areinputted, a corresponding triangle is found, and the parameter on anypoint inside such triangle can be interpolated according to theparameters on the vertices of such triangle. Each diagram of FIG. 3corresponds to a lookup table. In addition, in step 402, the gammacorrection is performed to obtain the reflectance Refl_(c), and that is,the aforementioned equation (3) or (4) is performed.

In step 403, a pixel voltage v_(c) is calculated according to theparameters v_(0,c), dv_(c) and the reflectance Refl_(c). In other words,the equation (5) or (6) is performed in the step 403. In someembodiments, the calculation within the In function is done in realtime, but the In function itself is done by a lookup table. In otherwords, the calculation of the following equation (7) is done in realtime, and the result of the equation (7) is inputted to a lookup tablein a database 420 to obtain the output of the In function.

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma} - {A2}} - 1} & (7)\end{matrix}$

Therefore, the step 403 can be simplified as the following equations (8)and (9). Only a few calculations are needed to obtain the pixel voltage.v _(c) =dv _(c) ×α+v _(0,c)  (8)

$\begin{matrix}{\alpha = {\ln\left( {\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma} - {A2}} - 1} \right)}} & (9)\end{matrix}$

Note that the pixel voltages of three sub-pixels are calculatedseparately. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for calculating the pixelvoltage in accordance with an embodiment. In step 501, multiple greylevels of a pixel are obtained, and the grey levels are transformed intocolor values in a color space such as the CIE-1931 color space. Next,steps 511-513 are applied to the red sub-pixel, the steps 521-523 areapplied to the green sub-pixel, and the steps 531-533 are applied to theblue sub-pixel. In step 511, the parameters v_(0,R), dv_(R) are obtainedaccording to the color values x, y. In step 512, the gamma correction isperformed to calculate the reflectance Refl_(R) of the red sub-pixel. Instep 513, the pixel voltage v_(R) of the red sub-pixel is calculatedaccording to the parameters v_(0,R), dv_(R) and the reflectanceRefl_(R). The steps 521-523 are similar to the steps 511-513, but theparameters v_(0,G), dv_(G) are calculated in the 521, the reflectanceRefl_(G) is calculated in the step 522, and the pixel voltage v_(G) iscalculated in the step 523. Similarly, the parameters v_(0,B), dv_(B)are obtained in the step 531, the reflectance Refl_(B) is calculated inthe 532, and the pixel voltage v_(B) is calculated in the step 533. Inother words, different pixel voltages are calculated for differentsub-pixels with respect to the same color.

Other reflectance fitting functions may be adopted in other embodiments,which are not limited in the invention. The reflectance fitting functionmay be written as a general form as the following equation (10).Refl_(c) =f( p _(c) ,v _(c))  (10)

p_(c) denotes a vector with respect to c. The vector p_(c) includes atleast one parameter such as the parameters v_(0,c), dv_(c) in theaforementioned embodiments. In the step 511, 521, and 531, the colorvalue is inputted to at least one lookup table to obtain the parameterp_(c) . In the steps 512, 522, and 532, the equation (3) or (4) isperformed to obtain the reflectance Refl_(c). In the steps 513, 523, and533, the following equation (11) is performed to calculate the pixelvoltage.v _(c) =f ⁻¹( p ,Refl_(c))  (11)

f⁻¹( ) is the inverse function of the reflectance fitting function. Inother words, the equation (2) is a special case of the equation (10),and the equation (5) or (6) is a special case of the equation (11). Insome embodiments, the reflectance fitting function includes a linearfunction, a polynomial function, an exponential function, atrigonometric function, a logarithmic function or a combination thereof,which is not limited in the invention. People in the art should be ableto derive the inverse function after the reflectance fitting function isdetermined.

Although the present invention has been described in considerable detailwith reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments arepossible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims shouldnot be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the structure of the presentinvention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present inventioncover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fallwithin the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A liquid crystal on silicon display device,comprising: a silicon substrate, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels areformed on the silicon substrate, and each of the sub-pixels comprises apixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposedbetween the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a color filterlayer disposed above the silicon substrate and comprising a plurality ofcolor filter units, wherein each of the color filter units correspondsto one of the sub-pixels and is formed between the pixel electrode andthe common electrode of the corresponding sub-pixel; and a computationcircuit configured to obtain a plurality of grey levels of a pixel, andtransform the grey levels into a plurality of color values, wherein thegrey levels respectively correspond to a plurality of first sub-pixelsof the sub-pixels, each of the first sub-pixels has different one of thecolor filter units, and the first sub-pixels constitute the pixel,wherein for each of the first sub-pixels, the computation circuitobtains at least one parameter of a reflectance fitting functionaccording to the color values, performs a gamma correction according tothe corresponding grey level to obtain a reflectance of thecorresponding first sub-pixel, and calculates a pixel voltage accordingto the at least one parameter and the reflectance, wherein the pixelvoltage is applied to the pixel electrode of the corresponding firstsub-pixel, wherein the reflectance fitting function is written as anequation (1):Refl_(c) =f( p _(c) ,v _(c))  (1) where c denotes one of the firstsub-pixels, Refl_(c) denotes the reflectance of the corresponding firstsub-pixel, v_(c) denotes the pixel voltage of the corresponding firstsub-pixel, p _(c) denotes the at least one parameter with respect to thecorresponding first sub-pixel.
 2. The liquid crystal on silicon displaydevice of claim 1, wherein the gamma correction is written as anequation (2): $\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c}}{C_{MAX}} \right)^{\gamma}} & (2)\end{matrix}$ γ denotes a real number, grey_(c) denotes thecorresponding grey level, and C_(MAX) denotes a maximum grey level. 3.The liquid crystal on silicon display device of claim 2, wherein thecomputation circuit inputs the color values into at least one lookuptable to obtain the at least one parameter and calculates the pixelvoltage v_(c) according to an equation (3):v _(c) =f ⁻¹( p _(c) ,Refl_(c))  (3) f⁻¹( ) is an inverse function ofthe reflectance fitting function.
 4. The liquid crystal on silicondisplay device of claim 1, wherein the grey levels comprise a red value,a green value, and a blue value, the first sub-pixels comprise a redsub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, and the color valuesare in a CIE-1931 color space.
 5. The liquid crystal on silicon displaydevice of claim 4, wherein the reflectance fitting function is writtenas an equation (2): $\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = {{A\; 2} + \frac{{A1} - {A2}}{1 + e^{{({v_{c} - v_{0,c}})}/{dv}_{c}}}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$ where c denotes the green sub-pixel, the red sub-pixel, orthe blue sub-pixel, Refl_(c) denotes the reflectance of thecorresponding first sub-pixel, v_(c) denotes the pixel voltage of thecorresponding first sub-pixel, A1 and A2 are constants, and the at leastone parameter comprises v_(0,c) and dv_(c).
 6. The liquid crystal onsilicon display device of claim 5, wherein the gamma correction iswritten as an equation (3): $\begin{matrix}{{Refl}_{c} = \left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma}} & (3)\end{matrix}$ γ denotes a real number, grey_(c) denotes thecorresponding grey level, and C_(MAX) denotes a maximum grey level. 7.The liquid crystal on silicon display device of claim 6, wherein thecomputation circuit inputs the color values into a plurality of lookuptables to obtain the parameters v_(0,c) and dv_(c), and calculates thepixel voltage v_(c) according to an equation (4): $\begin{matrix}{v_{c} = {{{dv}_{c} \times {\ln\left( {\frac{{A1} - {A2}}{\left( \frac{{grey}_{c} + 1}{C_{MAX} + 1} \right)^{\gamma} - {A2}} - 1} \right)}} + {v_{0,c}.}}} & (4)\end{matrix}$
 8. A method for calculating a pixel voltage for a liquidcrystal on silicon display device comprising a silicon substrate and acolor filter layer, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels are formed on thesilicon substrate, each of the sub-pixels comprises a pixel electrode acommon electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixelelectrode and the common electrode, the color filter layer comprises aplurality of color filter units, each of the color filter unitscorresponds to one of the sub-pixels and is formed between the pixelelectrode and the common electrode of the corresponding sub-pixel, andthe method comprises: obtaining a plurality of grey levels of a pixel,and transforming the grey levels into a plurality of color values,wherein the grey levels respectively corresponds to a plurality of firstsub-pixels of the sub-pixels, each of the first sub-pixels has differentone of the color filter units, and the first sub-pixels constitute thepixel; for each of the first sub-pixels, obtaining at least oneparameter of a reflectance fitting function according to the colorvalues, performing a gamma correction according to the correspondinggrey level to obtain a reflectance of the corresponding first sub-pixel,and calculating a pixel voltage according to the at least one parameterand the reflectance, wherein the pixel voltage is applied to the pixelelectrode of the corresponding first sub-pixel, wherein the reflectancefitting function is written as an equation (1):Refl_(c) =f( p _(c) ,v _(c))  (1) where c denotes one of the firstsub-pixels, Refl_(c) denotes the reflectance of the corresponding firstsub-pixel, v_(c) denotes the pixel voltage of the corresponding firstsub-pixel, p _(c) denotes the at least one parameter with respect to thecorresponding first sub-pixel.